A quiz
what types of cells are these?
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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Seoul wants written accord from NKorea nuclear talksPosted: 31 January 2007 1308 hrs
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SEOUL: South Korea has said it wants a binding written agreement to emerge from next week's six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon said the new round, which starts in Beijing on February 8, should produce a document that sets out firm steps toward a nuclear-free North Korea. Song said the round will aim to reach agreement on implementing a landmark September 2005 pact, under which the reclusive communist state agreed to abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for security guarantees, economic aid and diplomatic recognition. "An agreement does not come in words. Lots of words have been exchanged among parties. I expect them to turn into a joint document," he told a weekly news briefing. The United States said on Tuesday it was hopeful that "substantial progress" can be made when the talks, grouping the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan, resume. The 2005 deal went nowhere after North Korea in November that year walked away from the forum in protest at US sanctions on Banco Delta Asia (BDA), a Macau-based bank accused of money-laundering for the regime in Pyongyang. After conducting its first nuclear test on October 9 last year the North returned to the six-party talks in December. But it made it clear it would not discuss nuclear issues unless there was progress on the banking row. US and North Korean officials began a second round of discussions on the banking curbs on Tuesday in Beijing. "The BDA issue has so far had a negative impact on the six-party talks. I am looking forward to the settlement of the issue," Song said. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Sunday that North Korea would be told during the next round to dismantle its nuclear facilities within months. The facilities subject to the shutdown include a five-megawatt reactor, a fuel reprocessing plant, a radiochemical lab and two reactors of 50 megawatts and 200 megawatts now under construction, it said. - AFP/so
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SEOUL: South Korea has said it wants a binding written agreement to emerge from next week's six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon said the new round, which starts in Beijing on February 8, should produce a document that sets out firm steps toward a nuclear-free North Korea. Song said the round will aim to reach agreement on implementing a landmark September 2005 pact, under which the reclusive communist state agreed to abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for security guarantees, economic aid and diplomatic recognition. "An agreement does not come in words. Lots of words have been exchanged among parties. I expect them to turn into a joint document," he told a weekly news briefing. The United States said on Tuesday it was hopeful that "substantial progress" can be made when the talks, grouping the United States, the two Koreas, China, Russia and Japan, resume. The 2005 deal went nowhere after North Korea in November that year walked away from the forum in protest at US sanctions on Banco Delta Asia (BDA), a Macau-based bank accused of money-laundering for the regime in Pyongyang. After conducting its first nuclear test on October 9 last year the North returned to the six-party talks in December. But it made it clear it would not discuss nuclear issues unless there was progress on the banking row. US and North Korean officials began a second round of discussions on the banking curbs on Tuesday in Beijing. "The BDA issue has so far had a negative impact on the six-party talks. I am looking forward to the settlement of the issue," Song said. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Sunday that North Korea would be told during the next round to dismantle its nuclear facilities within months. The facilities subject to the shutdown include a five-megawatt reactor, a fuel reprocessing plant, a radiochemical lab and two reactors of 50 megawatts and 200 megawatts now under construction, it said. - AFP/so
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SINGAPORE: The year of the Pig, or new Lunar New Year, is just round the corner, and Chinatown is alive with shoppers - who want to welcome the new year in style.
Golden pigs, chocolates in the shape of what else but a pig, and even on bedroom slippers - just some of the various 'pig' offerings on sale at the Chinatown street bazaar.
On Saturday night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong led the way, in lighting up Chinatown for this year, and shopkeepers say they are optimistic about sales during the festive period - as shoppers go the whole hog, in ushering in the year of the pig in true piggy style. - CNA /dt
Golden pigs, chocolates in the shape of what else but a pig, and even on bedroom slippers - just some of the various 'pig' offerings on sale at the Chinatown street bazaar.
On Saturday night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong led the way, in lighting up Chinatown for this year, and shopkeepers say they are optimistic about sales during the festive period - as shoppers go the whole hog, in ushering in the year of the pig in true piggy style. - CNA /dt
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NKF trial
Title : Former NKF CEO Durai responds to suit naming him as third party
By : Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Date : 24 Jan 2007 2151 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
SINGAPORE: Former National Kidney Foundation chief TT Durai has responded to the suit brought against him by former board chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer Loo Say San.
Lawyers of Yong and Loo had sent him a notice to name him as a third party in the NKF trial.
This means that even if Yong and Loo are found liable of making improper payments to another former member Matilda Chua, Durai still has the right to contest the actual amount that he should pay.
He had until Wednesday to respond.
Now he has, but no details are available.
The fifth witness in the trial was also called to the stand on Wednesday.
Former NKF Finance Manager, Narasimha Gopinath told the court that Durai had insisted on the first payment of US$320,000 to IT company Forte Systems in November 2002, even though work had not been completed according to plan.
Forte is owned by Pharis Aboobacker, Durai's friend.
Gopinath added that although the payment invoices could not be matched to the work done by Forte according to the payment schedule, Durai had told him to inform former IT head, Krishnan Jayaraman to prepare a memo detailing the progress made by Forte and to seek approval for an advance payment.
Gopinath said when it came to payments to Forte, the invoices and requests for payment would come straight from Durai's office, not the Finance or Accounts Payable Department, or the department relating to the purchase, which was the norm.
Earlier, all parties completed their cross examination of Jayaraman.
Jayaraman was asked why he did not bring up the issues of excess payment claimed by Forte, which amounted to about S$1.3m to other members of the Exco, even though he was uncomfortable with the amount as he had found that it was overstated.
He told the court that he tried to bring up the subject during a few Exco meetings but was always cut off by Durai.
The trial continues on Thursday. - CNA /dt /ch
By : Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia Date : 24 Jan 2007 2151 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
SINGAPORE: Former National Kidney Foundation chief TT Durai has responded to the suit brought against him by former board chairman Richard Yong and former treasurer Loo Say San.
Lawyers of Yong and Loo had sent him a notice to name him as a third party in the NKF trial.
This means that even if Yong and Loo are found liable of making improper payments to another former member Matilda Chua, Durai still has the right to contest the actual amount that he should pay.
He had until Wednesday to respond.
Now he has, but no details are available.
The fifth witness in the trial was also called to the stand on Wednesday.
Former NKF Finance Manager, Narasimha Gopinath told the court that Durai had insisted on the first payment of US$320,000 to IT company Forte Systems in November 2002, even though work had not been completed according to plan.
Forte is owned by Pharis Aboobacker, Durai's friend.
Gopinath added that although the payment invoices could not be matched to the work done by Forte according to the payment schedule, Durai had told him to inform former IT head, Krishnan Jayaraman to prepare a memo detailing the progress made by Forte and to seek approval for an advance payment.
Gopinath said when it came to payments to Forte, the invoices and requests for payment would come straight from Durai's office, not the Finance or Accounts Payable Department, or the department relating to the purchase, which was the norm.
Earlier, all parties completed their cross examination of Jayaraman.
Jayaraman was asked why he did not bring up the issues of excess payment claimed by Forte, which amounted to about S$1.3m to other members of the Exco, even though he was uncomfortable with the amount as he had found that it was overstated.
He told the court that he tried to bring up the subject during a few Exco meetings but was always cut off by Durai.
The trial continues on Thursday. - CNA /dt /ch
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Parts of the Microscope
Try these links related to the topic on cells, 5C!
Parts of the microscope
http://www.biologycorner.com/microquiz/index.html#
Virtual microscope
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/electronmicroscope/
Various images under a microscope
http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html
Parts of the microscope
http://www.biologycorner.com/microquiz/index.html#
Virtual microscope
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/activities/electronmicroscope/
Various images under a microscope
http://www.mos.org/sln/sem/sem.html
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Assembly talk
I love reading ! I think that what the speaker said is very true! Reading is truly my life!
You can find out why does water spin in a clockwise shape? at http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html
You can find out why does water spin in a clockwise shape? at http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html
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The new planet
At http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/newplanet-072905-images.html#bctop
New Planet Discovered 07.29.05
New Planet Discovered 07.29.05
Tenth Planet Discovered Image above: These time-lapse images of a newfound planet in our solar system, called 2003UB313, were taken on Oct. 21, 2003, using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. The planet, circled in white, is seen moving across a field of stars. The three images were taken about 90 minutes apart. Scientists did not discover that the object in these pictures was a planet until Jan. 8, 2005. Image credit: Samuel Oschin Telescope, Palomar Observatory + Highest resolution image available Newest Member of Our Solar System 
Image above: This artist's concept shows the planet catalogued as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. Our Sun can be seen in the distance. The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as big as Pluto and about three times farther away from the Sun than Pluto. It is very cold and dark. The planet was discovered by the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2005. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech + Larger image
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The Colours of Health
It is from http://www.5aday.com/html/consumers/healthcolors.php
Blue/purple fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of health-promoting phytochemicals such as anthocyanins and phenolics, currently being studied for their antioxidant and anti-aging benefits. Include BLUE/PURPLE in your low-fat diet to help maintain:
A lower risk of some cancers *
Urinary tract health
Memory function
Healthy aging
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Get blue/purple every day with foods such as:
BlackberriesBlueberriesBlack currantsDried plumsElderberriesPurple figsPurple grapesPlumsRaisinsPurple asparagusPurple cabbagePurple carrotsEggplantPurple Belgian endivePurple peppersPotatoes (purple fleshed)Black salsifyback to top
GREENGreen vegetables contain varying amounts of phytochemicals such as lutein and indoles, which interest researchers because of their potential antioxidant, health-promoting benefits. Include GREEN in your low-fat diet to maintain:
A lower risk of some cancers*
Vision health
Strong bones and teeth
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Go green every day with fruits and vegetables like these:AvocadosGreen applesGreen grapesHoneydewKiwifruitLimesGreen pearsArtichokesArugulaAsparagusBroccoflowerBroccoliBroccoli rabeBrussels sproutsChinese cabbageGreen beansGreen cabbageCeleryChayote squashCucumbersEndiveLeafy greensLeeksLettuceGreen onionOkraPeasGreen pepperSno PeasSugar snap peasSpinachWatercressZucchiniback to top
WHITEWhite, tan, and brown fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of phytochemicals of interest to scientists. These include allicin, found in the garlic and onion family. The mineral selenium, found in mushrooms, is also the subject of research. Including WHITE in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
Heart health
Cholesterol levels that are already healthy
A lower risk of some cancers*
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Get all the health benefits of white by including foods such as:BananasBrown pearsDatesWhite nectarinesWhite peachesCauliflowerGarlicGingerJerusalem artickokeJicamaKohlrabiMushroomsOnionsParsnipsPotatoes (white fleshed)ShallotsTurnipsWhite Cornback to top
YELLOW/ORANGEYellow and orange fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of antioxidants such as vitamin C as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids, two classes of phytochemicals that scientists are studying for their health-promoting potential. Including YELLOW/ORANGE in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
A healthy heart
Vision health
A healthy immune system
A lower risk of some cancers*
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Choose Yellow/Orange fruits and vegetables like:Yellow applesApricotsCantaloupeCape GooseberriesYellow figsGrapefruitGolden kiwifruitLemonMangoesNectarinesOrangesPapayasPeachesYellow pearsPersimmonsPineapplesTangerinesYellow watermelonYellow beetsButternut squashCarrotsYellow peppersYellow potatoesPumpkinRutabagasYellow summer squashSweet cornSweet potatoesYellow tomatoesYellow winter squashback to top
REDSpecific phytochemicals in the red group that are being studied for their health-promoting properties include lycopene and anthocyanins. Include a variety of RED fruits and vegetables in your low-fat diet to help maintain:
A healthy heart
Memory function
A lower risk of some cancers*
Urinary tract health
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Include RED fruits and vegetables in your diet such as:Red applesBlood orangesCherriesCranberriesRed grapesPink/Red grapefruitRed pearsPomegranatesRaspberriesStrawberriesWatermelonBeetsRed peppersRadishesRadicchioRed onionsRed potatoesRhubarbTomatoes
Blue/purple fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of health-promoting phytochemicals such as anthocyanins and phenolics, currently being studied for their antioxidant and anti-aging benefits. Include BLUE/PURPLE in your low-fat diet to help maintain:
A lower risk of some cancers *
Urinary tract health
Memory function
Healthy aging
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Get blue/purple every day with foods such as:
BlackberriesBlueberriesBlack currantsDried plumsElderberriesPurple figsPurple grapesPlumsRaisinsPurple asparagusPurple cabbagePurple carrotsEggplantPurple Belgian endivePurple peppersPotatoes (purple fleshed)Black salsifyback to top
GREENGreen vegetables contain varying amounts of phytochemicals such as lutein and indoles, which interest researchers because of their potential antioxidant, health-promoting benefits. Include GREEN in your low-fat diet to maintain:
A lower risk of some cancers*
Vision health
Strong bones and teeth
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Go green every day with fruits and vegetables like these:AvocadosGreen applesGreen grapesHoneydewKiwifruitLimesGreen pearsArtichokesArugulaAsparagusBroccoflowerBroccoliBroccoli rabeBrussels sproutsChinese cabbageGreen beansGreen cabbageCeleryChayote squashCucumbersEndiveLeafy greensLeeksLettuceGreen onionOkraPeasGreen pepperSno PeasSugar snap peasSpinachWatercressZucchiniback to top
WHITEWhite, tan, and brown fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of phytochemicals of interest to scientists. These include allicin, found in the garlic and onion family. The mineral selenium, found in mushrooms, is also the subject of research. Including WHITE in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
Heart health
Cholesterol levels that are already healthy
A lower risk of some cancers*
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Get all the health benefits of white by including foods such as:BananasBrown pearsDatesWhite nectarinesWhite peachesCauliflowerGarlicGingerJerusalem artickokeJicamaKohlrabiMushroomsOnionsParsnipsPotatoes (white fleshed)ShallotsTurnipsWhite Cornback to top
YELLOW/ORANGEYellow and orange fruits and vegetables contain varying amounts of antioxidants such as vitamin C as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids, two classes of phytochemicals that scientists are studying for their health-promoting potential. Including YELLOW/ORANGE in your low-fat diet helps maintain:
A healthy heart
Vision health
A healthy immune system
A lower risk of some cancers*
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Choose Yellow/Orange fruits and vegetables like:Yellow applesApricotsCantaloupeCape GooseberriesYellow figsGrapefruitGolden kiwifruitLemonMangoesNectarinesOrangesPapayasPeachesYellow pearsPersimmonsPineapplesTangerinesYellow watermelonYellow beetsButternut squashCarrotsYellow peppersYellow potatoesPumpkinRutabagasYellow summer squashSweet cornSweet potatoesYellow tomatoesYellow winter squashback to top
REDSpecific phytochemicals in the red group that are being studied for their health-promoting properties include lycopene and anthocyanins. Include a variety of RED fruits and vegetables in your low-fat diet to help maintain:
A healthy heart
Memory function
A lower risk of some cancers*
Urinary tract health
* Low-fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Include RED fruits and vegetables in your diet such as:Red applesBlood orangesCherriesCranberriesRed grapesPink/Red grapefruitRed pearsPomegranatesRaspberriesStrawberriesWatermelonBeetsRed peppersRadishesRadicchioRed onionsRed potatoesRhubarbTomatoes
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Distance Radius MassPlanet
(000 km) (km) (kg) Discoverer Date
--------- --------- ------ ------- ---------- -----
Mercury 57,910 2439 3.30e23
Venus 108,200 6052 4.87e24
Earth 149,600 6378 5.98e24
Mars 227,940 3397 6.42e23
Jupiter 778,330 71492 1.90e27
Saturn 1,426,940 60268 5.69e26
Uranus 2,870,990 25559 8.69e25 Herschel 1781
Neptune 4,497,070 24764 1.02e26 Galle 1846
Pluto 5,913,520 1160 1.31e22 Tombaugh 1930
It's athttp://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
(000 km) (km) (kg) Discoverer Date
--------- --------- ------ ------- ---------- -----
Mercury 57,910 2439 3.30e23
Venus 108,200 6052 4.87e24
Earth 149,600 6378 5.98e24
Mars 227,940 3397 6.42e23
Jupiter 778,330 71492 1.90e27
Saturn 1,426,940 60268 5.69e26
Uranus 2,870,990 25559 8.69e25 Herschel 1781
Neptune 4,497,070 24764 1.02e26 Galle 1846
Pluto 5,913,520 1160 1.31e22 Tombaugh 1930
It's athttp://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
homonyms
It's inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_confused_homonyms
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
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homonyms
It's inhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commonly_confused_homonyms
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
Some words are not fully homophonous, and other are homophones only in certain dialects.
accept: tolerateexcept: everything but
add: put together withad: short for "advertisement"
allowed: permittedaloud: audibly
allot: to distribute, allocatea lot (sometimes "alot"): much; many (a lot of)
allusion: indirect referenceelusion: evasionelution: separation by washingillusion: a distortion of sensory perception
bare: as a verb, to expose, to remove cover; as a noun, naked, exposed; very little (bare necessities)bear: as a noun, a large mammal (e.g. American Black Bear); as a verb, to carry something ("to bear arms"), to endure ("I can't bear it"), or to give birth to (bear fruit)
boy: a male adolescent or child; an exclamation "oh boy"buoy: (noun) a floating marker in the sea; (verb, often "buoy up") to keep afloat, to sustain or encourage (the soldiers were buoyed up by letters from home) (pronounced boy in the UK, but in the US is either homophonous with "boy" or pronounced with two syllables to rhyme with "chewy")bhoy: a house servant for families in India (borrowed from the English word "boy")
bow: (rhymes with 'cow'): The front section of a ship or boat; a gesture made by bending forward at the waistbough: (rhymes with 'cow') A tree branch, especially a large or main branch.bow: (rhymes with 'go'): A weapon made of a curved stick whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows; a type of knot with two loops
bridal: pertaining to a bride (bridal gown, bridal suite)bridle: (noun) part of a horse's tack around its neck and head; (verb) to appear offended or proud
capital: punishable by death (capital crime); upper-case letter; the principal town or city (Paris is the capital of France); wealth, money (capital gains tax), as an exclamation: "excellent"Capitol: the home of the Congress of the United States and some other legislatures
carry: to move while supportingCarrie: a woman's name, pet form of Caroline, French feminine form of Carolus, Charles, from the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". Also, name of first published Stephen King novel.Kerry: a surname, from the name of the Irish county County Kerry, which means "Ciar's people" in Irish.
caught: past tense of "catch"cot: a small, collapsible bed. Predominantly in North America, see cot-caught merger.
chord: group of musical notes; anything that can be "struck" (It struck a sensitive chord)cord: rope; long electrical line; vertebral columncored: having the inside cut out, like an applecawed: past tense of "to caw" - to make a raucous noise
choux (pronounced as shoe): plural of chou, as used in choux pastryshoe: footwearshoo: exclamation used for scaring things away
content: noun. something contained in a packagecontent: noun. or adj. satisfied, happy
compliment: a praising or flattering remark given to someone; to give such a remarkcomplement: something that completes something else; to complete (something)
cue: a rod or stick used to play the game billiards or poolqueue: a line of people waiting
descent: a downwards pathdissent: disagreement
discreet: means tactful or diplomaticdiscrete: means separate or distinct
do: conduct or carry out somethingdo (to rhyme with doe) / doh: the first note of the solfege scaledoe: a female deer; also female of various other species (by extension)d'oh!: an annoyed gruntdough: a moistened mass of flour used to make bread; slang term for money
dyeing: artificially coloringdying: passing away
effect: ramification: cause and effect; sound effect (as a noun); bring about (effect change) (as a verb)affect: have an effect on; pretentiously display (affect a British accent); emotion (in psychology and psychiatry).
elicit: to call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example)illicit: not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful
ensure: to make certain, to guaranteeinsure: to purchase financial protection, as in an insurance policy.assure: to assuage the concern of another person.
fa / fah: the fourth note of the solfege scalefar: distant (In non-rhotic dialects, these are homonyms.)
fairy: imaginary small person with special powers (often homophonous with "ferry" in the US)ferry: boat for carrying people or vehicles short distances on water
faze: to temporarily stop or shock (It didn't even faze them)phase: a stage through which one goes
flaw: defect (homonymous with floor in non-rhotic dialects)floor: a level; lower surface of a room; the area of a legilsative building members speak from, so "to take/hold the floor"; to knock to the ground; to confound someoneflor: a yeasty growth that forms on sherry after fermentation.
formerly: in the pastformally: in a formal way(These are not homonyms to most speakers of English, but are homonyms in some non-rhotic dialects, including "Received Pronunciation".)
gnaw: to bite or chew on persistentlynor: negates the last member of a series of negated items
gorilla: the largest of the great apes.guerrilla: a small combat group.
hair: an outgrowth of the epidermis in mammals (e.g. human facial hair); similar structures on plantshare: (noun) a swift, long-eared mammal which, along with rabbits, forms the family Leporidae; (verb) to dash or sprint ("I hared around the kitchen")Herr: the title meaning "Mr." for a man from Germany or Austria
hay: grass cut and dried for animal feedhay: the choke of an artichokehey: an exclamation used to draw attention, "Hey! Over here!"; a greetinghey or hay: a weaving figure in English country dance, morris dance and contra danceheigh: in the phrase "heigh-ho" expressing weariness or disappointment
heir: one who inheritsair: the mixture of gases present in a planet's atmosphere
here: this place (opposed to there)hear: sense with the ears; also in the phrase "Hear! Hear!" for strong agreement
high: opposite of low; elevated, far above the ground; under the influence of drugshi: a greeting; shortened from "high" as part of hi-fi or el-hihie: to speed or hurry somewhere, "hie thee to France"hi or heigh: part of the phrase "hi-ho" in the song "Hi Ho Silver Lining", or "heigh-ho" in the movie lyric "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go"jai: as in jai alai
hoard: to accumulate and store up as much of something as one canhorde: large group of warriors, mobhoared: old, mouldy, fustywhored: past tense of "to whore" - to act as a prostitutehawed: past tense of haw - equivocate
imminent: soon to occurimmanent: existing only in the mind, or acting in the material world(Some speakers (perhaps 10%) of USA-English also pronounce eminent like these two.)
its: belonging to it (analogous to my, your, his, her, our, their)it's: contraction for "it is" (analogous to I'm, you're, he's, she's, we're, they're) or "it has" (analogous to I've, you've, he's, she's, we've, they've)
key: instrument used to open locks; a guide to symbols, especially on maps; the essential element "the key to his success"; a range of musical notes "try it in a lower key"; a button or lever on piano or computer keyboardskey: a low island or sandbank, the Florida Keysquay: pronounced as key in the UK, as key, kay or kway in the US; a wharf, a structure built out into water for the ease of loading and unloading vesselscay: a West Indian word for an island, as in the novel The Cayki: another name for the Hawaiian plant ti
lam: US slang: "on the lam" means "on the run"lamb: a young sheep
lama: priest (for example the Dalai Lama)llama: camelid mammal
law: legal rulelore: old story often not written downla: the sixth note of the solfege scale
lead: pronounced to rhyme with "seed", to guide or serve as the head oflead: pronounced to rhyme with "head", a heavy metalled: the past tense of "lead"leed: a copper kettle; a cauldron
leek: a vegetable of the onion family which is the national emblem of Walesleak: a hole which allows a gas or liquid to escape; confidential information sent to journalists to expose some issue (the leak came from within the White House itself); slang for urinationLeek: places in England and the Netherlands
lock: a mechanical device for securing doors or canals; also the act of using such a device (verb); a tuft of human hairLok: alternative name for Loki, the Norse god of mischiefLocke: the surname of early liberal philosopher John Locke
mail: items sent through the postal service; armormale: opposite of female
mantle (disambiguation): one of the layers of the Earth; a cloak (by metaphorical extension, special position or role held)mantel: over the fireplace
marry: to wedmerry: happyMary: a woman's name, from Maria, probably a variation of the Hebrew name Miriam, meaning "sea of bitterness"
medal: an award to be strung around the neckmeddle: stick one's nose into others' affairsmetal: shiny, malleable element or alloy like silver, gold, iron, zinc, tin, copper, bronze or brassmettle: toughness, gutsNote that the first two of these are only homonyms of the second two in North American English.
me: personal pronounme: a concept in Sumerian mythologyme / mi: the third note of the solfege scale
morning: the time between midnight and middaymourning: period of grieving after the death of a relative, friend or public figure, clothing worn at this time (e.g. mourning dove)
muscle: one of the parts of the body used to movemussel: a bivalve popular as seafood
past: time before now (past, present and future); beyond; after the hour (three past nine = 9:03); former (in her past life)passed: past tense of "to pass"
parse: to break down into component parts (e.g. for analysis)pars: the acts of scoring a par in golf; also plural of "par"parrs: plural of "parr" - a young salmonid fish
piece: portionpeace: opposite of war; quietness (peace of mind) or silence (speak now or forever keep your peace)
peak: tip, height, to reach its highest point, a mountainpeke: a breed of dogpeek: to take a brief look, usually through a thin aperture (sneak peek)pique: fit of anger; to incite (pique one's interest)
paw: a mammal's footpoor: impoverished; also, to be pitied (Poor Peter!), also bad (poor quality)pore: a hole in the skin; to go over with great focus (pore over)pour: to run out (said of liquid); to rain heavilypar: common level; equality
principal: can be a noun or an adjective, a person of primary importanceprinciple: a noun: it cannot be an adjective, a fundamental rule or law
rack: a long, open container with a rectangular frame (spice rack); one's upper body; to torture (verb) or an instrument of torture (noun)wrack: to destroy, a shipwreck, commonly found in the phrase "to go to wrack and ruin"Note: In British English, only the first spelling should be used in the phrase "to rack one's brains"; in American English the second spelling is also acceptable in this context; the meaning of "rack" in this phrase is related to the rack as an instrument of torture
rain: water falling from the skyreign: to rule; hold the position as monarchrein: the strip used to control a horse; anything that restrains; to restrain anything by pulling in its irrational exuberance (pull the reins in on)Rayne: a city in Louisiana
raise: to increaseraze: to destroy, to obliterate: "the town was razed to the ground by the fire"rays: beams of light or energy (sun's rays, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.); cartilaginous fishesReyes: as in Point Reyes
ray: a beam of lightray: a type of fishray / re: the second note of the solfege scaleRe / Ra(h): an Egyptian god.rah: a short form of "hurrah"
reek: to stinkwreak: to bring about (wreak havoc)reak: a rush (plant), or a prank
rest: sit down without doing anything active; the remainderwrest: to struggle to extricate something (wrest it out of his hands)
retch: to vomitwretch: a person in a miserable condition; a person of bad character
right: the direction opposite to left; correct; something a person must have his/her choice to do respected (the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); straight or directly (went right to his heart)write: to put down in letters; send a letter to (Write me soon!)rite: ritual, ceremony (rites of passage)wright: connected with other words to mean someone who constructs (playwright, scenewright, wheelwright)
ring: piece of jewelry; make a sound like a bell or telephone, or tinnitus in the ears; anything shaped like a circle or torus (like the rings in a bathtub); sound familiarly like (that rings of fascism)wring: strangle (wring his neck), squeeze and twist (wring the water out of laundry)
row (rhymes with "go"): to pull a boat through the water with oarsrow (rhymes with "cow"): a fuss or a fightroe: fish eggs (such as caviar); a deer (the roebuck)Roe: pseudonym used in court cases for women having or seeking abortions (most famously in Roe v. Wade)rho: letter of the Greek alphabet equivalent to RRo: a constructed language based on categorization
seem: appear toseam: a join; a line of stitches that holds two pieces together
shear: trim, remove; strainsheer: absolute, very steep; swerve
sight: visionsite: place, grounds; place in cyberspacecite: quote or make a reference to; write a ticket
so: likewise; therefore; to such a degreeso or soh: the fifth note of the solfege scalesow (pronounced as so): to scatter seedssew (pronounced as so): join together or stitchsew (pronounced as sue): to drain (as the root of sewage)Sioux (pronounced as sue): Native American tribesou (pronounced as sue): a French five-centime coin; any small amount of moneysous (pronounced as sue): French for under, as in sous-chef - a subordinate chefsue: to prosecute or petition forxu (pronounced as sue): a Vietnamese monetary unit, 1/100 of a dongsow (to rhyme with cow): a female pig
some: a fewsum: what you get when you add numbers; short for summarize (sum up)
soul: spirit; mellow African-American music stylesole: single and only; the surface of the bottom of the foot; flat fish like flounder, petrale or halibutSeoul: the capital of South KoreaSol: the solar system we live in
stationery: office suppliesstationary: as not mobile
tail: appendage of most mammalstale: a story
tea: a tree and the drink produced from its leavestee: a support for the ball in golfti / te: the seventh note of the solfege scaleti: a Polynesian tree similar to the tarosee also the disambiguation page TI
tear (rhymes with fear): a drop of fluid which falls from the eyes when weeping or cryingtear (rhymes with fare): rip; to run extremely fast, jolt, bolt, darttare: dry measure of grains; payment in wheat; adjustment to a weighing devicetier: layer or level
their: belonging to themthere: that place (opposed to here); denotes existence of somethingthey're: contraction for "they are"
theirs: belonging to themthere's: contraction for "there is" or "there has"
therefore: thus, ergo (I think therefore I am)therefor: for the aforementioned thing or purpose; for that (similar to thereof, thereby, therefrom, thereagainst, etc.)
to: towards or headed for; in order to; used before the infinitive of verbstoo: also; excessivelytwo: the number 2tui: the parson birdtout: French word meaning "all", as in mange-tout
vary: make a change in; undergo changevery: adverbial intensifier
waste: to use up for something pointless; sewage (toxic waste)waist: the line that goes across the middle of your body
weather: the meteorological conditions; to survive some wear and tearwhether: if something is so or notwether: a male sheep (The bellwether was the ram who led the herd, and carried a bell around his neck to signal the front of the herd coming.)
wet: to dampen; dampwhet: to sharpen (a knife, one's appetite)
whichwitch
while: during a period of timewile: deceitful cunning
whore: a prostitutehorror: intense fearhoar: white with age
whose: belonging to whomwho's: contraction for "who is" or "who has"hoos: plural of hoo, a small hill or promontory (as in Sutton Hoo)
your: belonging to you (analogous to my, his, her, its, our, their)you're: contraction for "you are" (analogous to I'm, he's, she's, it's, we're, they're)yore: time long ago, a bygone age ("the days of yore")
yaw: swerve (usually of a ship or a spacecraft)
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Korea 2006
Hi 5C!
Just to add on to my adventures in Korea, I visited the Teddy Museum (2nd of its kind in the world) in Jeju Island, Korea.
If you are familiar with Korean dramas, you will recognise these bears.
Yup! They are from the drama called Princess Hours!!! Cute. Isn't it???
Another film site that I visited is the Daejjanggeum site. Yup, it is about the lady on the extreme right. She is apparently a legend in Korea!!! The site is located near the border between North and South Korea.
We took a cable car up to the peak of Mount Sorak. Walking on ice-covered, slippery tracks is so scary and brrrr..... COLD!!!
Alright, these are just some of my favourite attractions in Korea.
How was your holidays?
Just to add on to my adventures in Korea, I visited the Teddy Museum (2nd of its kind in the world) in Jeju Island, Korea.
If you are familiar with Korean dramas, you will recognise these bears.
Yup! They are from the drama called Princess Hours!!! Cute. Isn't it???
Another film site that I visited is the Daejjanggeum site. Yup, it is about the lady on the extreme right. She is apparently a legend in Korea!!! The site is located near the border between North and South Korea.
The site was preserved due to its popularity. The TV station is even considering to do a Season 2!!!
What I enjoy most is the breath- taking view of Mother Nature's work. The scenery there is an eye-opener and to die for; especially so when we live on a sunny little island like Singapore.
We took a cable car up to the peak of Mount Sorak. Walking on ice-covered, slippery tracks is so scary and brrrr..... COLD!!!
Alright, these are just some of my favourite attractions in Korea.
How was your holidays?
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
My December Holidays
During my December holidays, I went to Snow City. As I was very scared of cold places, i wore a long sleeve blouse a pair of jeans. We were so excited that we early but alas, it rained cats and dogs and and my jeans got wet. Yuck! As you know since my jeans got wet, it would be even colder.Berrr...... The gloves I brought was cotten ones and once you touched snow it would get stuck and very cold so in the end we rented the gloves provided there. We played snow ball fight and slide down a slide. 
The best thing was the snow slope. Unfortunately, my butt was too small and my jeans got very wet. Once, my float turned a 180 degree turn. It was very scary and thrilling. Whew! At my third round the entrance was closed. Too bad!
The best thing was the snow slope. Unfortunately, my butt was too small and my jeans got very wet. Once, my float turned a 180 degree turn. It was very scary and thrilling. Whew! At my third round the entrance was closed. Too bad!
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During my December holidays last year, I went to Afamosa Resort in Malacca. I had lots of fun there. First we had a 3 hour drive there, when we reached the Resort , the weather was rather fine, so we decided to do the horseback riding first. After the seven round ride of controling the horse myself, I found out that riding and steering the horse did not seem as easy as it seems. Next we went for a go-cart ride, I had my first attempt of Archery. That night, I went to Cowboy Town, we played Bumper cars, watched red indian shows and went for a parade. It was cool at some parts which the trained animals were allowed to run wild.
The next day we went to the Safari, it was fun, we had a tram ride through the zoo and we even went into the animal enclosures. Itwas fun! We saw a close view of tigers chasing our tram and sunbears standing up! After that, we went for the animal show, we saw elephants playing football and many other animals who show of their talents! Next we went to Monkey Island to see monkeys. Some of them were rather fascinated by our digital appliances! They were really cute! When we left, we were deat beat!
The next day before we left, we had a swim in the hotel's pool. As we waved goodbye to Malacca, I felt slightly unwilling, but it feels great to feel the feeling security of being in Singapore again.
The rest of my holidays were not so exciting other than visiting the library and having a golf game.
The next day we went to the Safari, it was fun, we had a tram ride through the zoo and we even went into the animal enclosures. Itwas fun! We saw a close view of tigers chasing our tram and sunbears standing up! After that, we went for the animal show, we saw elephants playing football and many other animals who show of their talents! Next we went to Monkey Island to see monkeys. Some of them were rather fascinated by our digital appliances! They were really cute! When we left, we were deat beat!
The next day before we left, we had a swim in the hotel's pool. As we waved goodbye to Malacca, I felt slightly unwilling, but it feels great to feel the feeling security of being in Singapore again.
The rest of my holidays were not so exciting other than visiting the library and having a golf game.
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My December Holidays
Hello everyone! Did all of you enjoy your December Holidays? Well, I did. Although I did not go to countries far away, I went to Malaysia Genting. I had tons of fun over there. My cousins, aunty, uncle, grandparents, my first brother and I went there together. It was about a 7 hours ride all the way there and back. It was very boring on the bus but luckily, there was mini TV to entertain us. When we finally reached there, all of us were very delighted and jumped up with joy.
The first thing we did was to book into the Genting Hotel. It was quite cold over there so we had to wear long sleeve clothing. My aunty said that we could only play on the rides the next day. We frowned a little but were still looking forward to it very much. Time passed fast and the next exciting day arrived. We thought that we were going to play the outdoor games but unfortunately, we had to play the indoor games. So bad! We were allowed to play for two whole days! I was with all smiles when I heard that. Not long, two days passed. We had to go back to Singapore. I was a little bit sad but was very delighted to get to go Genting. When reached Singapore only at midnight. I was dead-tired by then. Phew!
For the rest of the holiday, my family and I was either out or I was at home revising my P5 work.After sharing with you so much about my holiday, have you shared yours?
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My Holiday
I had a great time during my holidays.I was in India for most of my holidays.I saw all my relatives there and I had a great time playing with all my cousins.My family and I went to many different towns in India.The most tiring part was that I had to sit in a car for three to four hours to travel to other towns.But, unfortunately I fell seriously ill in the last week and we did not go anywhere.After I came I went with my aunt to a chalet for two days to celebrate the new year.I did not go anywhere after that and I did not study at all in the holidays.
I had a great time during my holidays.I was in India for most of my holidays.I saw all my relatives there and I had a great time playing with all my cousins.My family and I went to many different towns in India.The most tiring part was that I had to sit in a car for three to four hours to travel to other towns.But, unfortunately I fell seriously ill in the last week and we did not go anywhere.After I came I went with my aunt to a chalet for two days to celebrate the new year.I did not go anywhere after that and I did not study at all in the holidays.
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Colour poems
I found this at http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/40903026a/colour.htm
What is White?
White is the sugar in your cup of tea,
White is the snow that comes up to your knee.
White is the colour of my granny's hair,
White is the mist that floats in the air.
White is for my mum's lovely roses,
White is the dress on wedding poses.
White is for the sweet flying dove,
And great clouds sailing up above.
What is Green?
My favourite colour is green,
Like the colour of a bean.
Green for the hedges
And for the bushes.
Green for the newt that always rushes.
Chameleons are sometimes green,
These animals aren't always seen.
Green for the cabbage
And for the peas.
Green for the leaves that hang on trees.
What is Brown?
Brown is the colour of wood,
And the colour of squelchy mud.
Brown is the colour of an Autumn tree,
And the colour of a cup of tea.
Brown is the colour of leather,
And the colour of a pheasant's feather.
Brown is the colour of many people's eyes,
And the colour of meat in a shepherd's pies.
What is Yellow?
Yellow is the colour of custard
And also the colour of mustard.
The yellow canary sings sweetly away,
Yellow bananas eaten everyday.
Yellow is the colour of the sand
And a brass trumpet in a band.
Yellow is the colour of a bumble bee
And yellow Autumn leaves from a tree.
What is Red?
Red is the colour of beautiful roses,
Like clowns shiny red noses.
Red is the colour of a telephone box
And the spots on my socks.
I love juicy red cherries
And delicious strawberries.
Red is the lipstick mum buys from the shop
And the light that tells cars to stop!
What is Black?
Black is the colour of the blackboard
And the colour of a blackbird.
Black is the colour of the ink in my pen
And the door of "Number 10".
Black is the colour of soot and of coal
And the colour of a baby foal.
Black is the colour of the road's tarmac
And the colour of my plastic mac.
What is Blue?
Our school jumper are blue
And the sky is sometimes too.
A beautiful blue is the sea,
And people's eyes that look at me.
Some flowers in the garden are blue
And the colour of my Mums nails too,
Sailors in the navy wear blue it's so
And you'll find blue in the rainbow.
What is White?
White is the sugar in your cup of tea,
White is the snow that comes up to your knee.
White is the colour of my granny's hair,
White is the mist that floats in the air.
White is for my mum's lovely roses,
White is the dress on wedding poses.
White is for the sweet flying dove,
And great clouds sailing up above.
What is Green?
My favourite colour is green,
Like the colour of a bean.
Green for the hedges
And for the bushes.
Green for the newt that always rushes.
Chameleons are sometimes green,
These animals aren't always seen.
Green for the cabbage
And for the peas.
Green for the leaves that hang on trees.
What is Brown?
Brown is the colour of wood,
And the colour of squelchy mud.
Brown is the colour of an Autumn tree,
And the colour of a cup of tea.
Brown is the colour of leather,
And the colour of a pheasant's feather.
Brown is the colour of many people's eyes,
And the colour of meat in a shepherd's pies.
What is Yellow?
Yellow is the colour of custard
And also the colour of mustard.
The yellow canary sings sweetly away,
Yellow bananas eaten everyday.
Yellow is the colour of the sand
And a brass trumpet in a band.
Yellow is the colour of a bumble bee
And yellow Autumn leaves from a tree.
What is Red?
Red is the colour of beautiful roses,
Like clowns shiny red noses.
Red is the colour of a telephone box
And the spots on my socks.
I love juicy red cherries
And delicious strawberries.
Red is the lipstick mum buys from the shop
And the light that tells cars to stop!
What is Black?
Black is the colour of the blackboard
And the colour of a blackbird.
Black is the colour of the ink in my pen
And the door of "Number 10".
Black is the colour of soot and of coal
And the colour of a baby foal.
Black is the colour of the road's tarmac
And the colour of my plastic mac.
What is Blue?
Our school jumper are blue
And the sky is sometimes too.
A beautiful blue is the sea,
And people's eyes that look at me.
Some flowers in the garden are blue
And the colour of my Mums nails too,
Sailors in the navy wear blue it's so
And you'll find blue in the rainbow.
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12:51 AM
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